Ambiente de trabalho no setor de cerâmica vermelha: notas para a região metropolitana do Cariri - CE

Abstract

This article presents a panel of labor relations of the red ceramic sector in the Metropolitan Region of Cariri - CE. One particularity of the sector is its importance in job creation, contributing to the warming of the local economies, but the segment is marked mainly by the environmental liabilities caused, in addition to the precarious working relationships. In addition, the sector is a consumer of unskilled labor and recently freed from agricultural activities, which confers a vulnerability to work. These characteristics are confirmed in the studied area. The dynamics of civil construction and the public and private investments implemented in the last decade can contribute to the good performance of employment in the sector, which in the region grows at rates higher than national and state. However, degrading working conditions, precarious wages, low schooling and qualification and high turnover are observed.